Named by NPR as one of the “best bands in 2011” and one of the “top bands to look out for in 2012” by MTV, Alabama Shakes is quickly climbing their way to the top of the music scene. Their debut album Boys & Girls is anything but a disappointment. To put it in so many words, the band has some serious soul.

Anthony Bourdain is perhaps best known for the globe-crossing culinary adventures he takes each week on “No Reservations.” His interests are about as varied as the cultures he’s visited: from show host, to Twitter star, to best-selling novelist, to TV show guest judge, to comic book author. You read that right, comic book author.